Resurgent hope in Peru
Vast effort of rebuilding begins in communities nearly pulverized by earthquake
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HOW TO HELP
Members of the Church may help disaster victims by:
- Volunteering labor hours at bishops' storehouses, welfare farms,
canneries or other Welfare Services projects.
- Donating useful items to Deseret Industries.
- Making generous fast offering contributions.
- Donating through the "Tithing and Other Offerings" form by marking the
category "Humanitarian Aid."
- Donating through LDS Philanthropies, Joseph Smith Memorial Building, Floor 2 EW, 15 East South Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150; call 1-800-453-3860, ext: 2-5567; or see www.lds.org/humanitarian (click the: "make a gift" icon in the upper left corner).
Photo courtesy South America West Area
Church members in Ica don "LDS Helping Hands" vests and join in service project clearing up rubble of fallen home.
Photo courtesy South America West Area
A pair of members walk through the rubble and destruction found in the inland community of Ica. Rebuilding is already beginning.
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Stacks of caskets outside building in Ica are a grim reminder of the lethal toll exacted by the Aug. 15 earthquake. Some 540 Peruvians were killed in the catastrophe, including nine Church members.
Photo by Jason Swensen
Folks from the Grocio Prado Branch in Chincha walk through the ruins of what was, prior to the Aug. 15 quake, a member's home. Despite their extreme hardships, the Grocio Prado members work and worship together and look forward to better days.
Photo by Jason Swensen
Member home in Chinchin was largely reduced to ruins.
Photo by Jason Swensen
Bishop Carlos Comena Guzman points to cracks in a wall of the chapel of the Pisco Peru stake center. Several Church buildings sustained minor damaged, but none was destroyed.
Photo by Jason Swensen
Banner displayed in a downtown Pisco plaza declares "There is only one Pisco," suggesting the town's grit and civic pride.
